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Cadillac Seville W3815 Casting Info · Complete Collector’s Guide

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This guide follows Hot Wheels’ W3815 Cadillac Seville from its 2012 debut through the Gucci collaboration, Virtual Garage issue and later ’82 Cadillac Seville releases. The earlier 1698 Seville is a separate casting and is not included in this release list.

2012 Hot Wheels Cadillac Seville W3815 in pearl white
The W3815 casting debuted in 2012 as a pearl-white Hot Ones release.

About the casting

W3815 is Hot Wheels’ later Cadillac Seville tooling, introduced in 2012. Later catalog entries identify the same W3815 mold on the 2021 Gucci collaboration, the 2022 Virtual Garage release and the 2023 ’82 Cadillac Seville issues. Those releases share the casting identity but carry distinct finishes, series placements, wheel choices and toy numbers.

The original Cadillac Seville Hot Wheels casting is number 1698 and dates to 1982. It is a different tool; check the casting number before grouping a car with W3815.

W3815 release checklist

Year Toy number Finish and release Identifying detail
2012 W3815 Pearl white with pale yellow side tampo · The Hot Ones 2012 Gold BW
2021 HHB82 Pearl white with fine pinstriping · Gucci Exclusive Real Riders wire-spoke
2022 HPM56 Spectraflame red and matte black · Virtual Garage Series 4 Modern Real Riders 10-spoke
2023 HKG85 Desert Dusk Firemist / Brownstone Metallic · HW: The ’80s · 7/10 Chrome lace wheels
2023 Blue) Metalflake dark blue · HW: The ’80s · 7/10 Lace wheels
2023 Edition) White with red side panels · Red Edition · 8/12 LW wheels

The 2023 HKG85 and HKJ64 versions share collector number #75/250. Use their gold versus dark-blue finish and toy code to distinguish them from each other and from the Red Edition HKL57.

Variation Web

Collector notes

Start with the base number, then compare body color, side graphics, wheel style and series markings. The 2012 white issue, 2021 Gucci car and 2022 Virtual Garage model have very different finishes; the three 2023 releases are easiest to separate by color, toy number and series.

The release list was cross-checked against HWC Garage’s W3815 model and individual product records, with the 2012 Hot Ones identification also checked against the South Texas Diecast checklist.